A school of diversity with a good status that promotes career progression and professional development. The good thingsIGS encourage career progression and professional development. As a primary teacher, you are given opportunities to do extra lessons which increases experience and exposure; quality teaching. Head of Primary is well respected, supportive yet clear in directing. His expectation of standards are high it realistic and creates consistency across the primary. Staff often work together and offer good collegial dialogue and support. The families of the students are quite diverse but create a wonderful culture.
The challengesExpectations of staff are constantly rising; sometimes it’s questioned ‘why’ we are doing what we are. High-level management/HR are not classroom focused but rather focused on business aspects. This can create a drift between management and teaching staff and expectations become unrealistic in terms of level of achievement and timing. Therefore, work/life balance becomes challenging. Parents can be demanding but Head of Primary manages this quite well. Student behaviour can be difficult.